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 Tuierty ooWe^, c*&ci m tlaU^r reed. 
 Ot Rriitotle and ^^y^ pinilo jopWy «.. 
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 Left for Yukon in 1897 . 
 
 T ;,ot the nevm of the jreat i_"oia strike on the 
 Klondykc. I uou^ht a uoat tv/eri oy feet ion,; and five foot 
 c'eam, Hna one Tib'bits -'ent ivith .nc . le .left Alert E&y 
 ard '.vent u^ ti.e Vaucunver Inland Gj^ore, then cj.-u3;.;ed t-;e 
 3ounu tu tiia .nainlund ana headed up ^ueen Gluirlo'vte Jour.d. 
 The .leather was fine ana v;e sailed ..i^.h li, ht .reeze.;, 
 ravvin^^: at t lines and tgkin^j advrintar;e ox the tidey. !e 
 skipped :rill'oa:U: Jound ^y a little cha.:.i:ex ::uicij. cut the 
 rocky cape, one too jiuall to ue suar.ced ■•ii o-;r chart, .;'e 
 called at .exla. 'eila anu at the niow;;.. oi tiie okeena Kivar 
 aiid Port 2s3int:;ton; thence to hetlal.aliG.a ana tv/enty •■xles 
 fart,;er l.orth at -'ort Jimpson. Oeorj.e Rud^;e , a marule 
 cutter from Victoria, ana Jr. i.Iclill'vary haa ouiit a little 
 holGl t..3re. The old ttern-.,'heel utear.icr "Caledonia" ./as 
 hailed out for the \7int'2r and the crev; at the hotel. Hudce 
 took '•le out in the evenin,; :> introduce ;;ie to the Tov.n. 
 3or.Tc of the houses -..Gre painted ^uiLe -lice ;?nd iri one houoe 
 there vaa <a very pretty- liltle Klcoichuan playin^- "Yankee 
 Doodle" on tno piano. '.Te left Port Jiinpaon ana crossed to 
 Portland Canal on a otronjj wind. !e passied throujdi a 
 nutnher of ..^aall islands and landed at Tun^^aws Island .Tiere 
 there was an old deserted Hudson 3ay ouilainj, a s.;iail 
 tradin ; store and an old Dease packer, v/ho was still stronti 
 and vi,];orous. 3ome v/hite :.ie., -./ere herj from the ].ass hiver 
 ■:iizj.i their Indian '.vot.'ien, ^md a:j they had a f ive-^.-allon ke<;; 
 of ^vhisky .;itji theiu they ..'ere havinj hilarious time. A 
 man called "aussian Charley", hailin,, from Juneai.had a srnall 
 scat and atop^.'Cd at the Indian Villat_;e of hetciiican. The 
 Priest and the Indians tried to drive him av/.ay because he 
 v/as ^ivin,i li'iuor to the natives, so Charley jot a stick of 
 
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 dynai.iite out of hia uoat, put a cap or. a j.jiece oi" i'uee and 
 stuci: it in tho dyna;'.ite; lit. the furje, aua then tlie rrie::t 
 anu the Iiiuicno hit tiic iii^h jpots dov;u tii.rou,_.i the "'owri 
 v;ith Charley alter theia, './hen it v;as auouo read^' to ,;o 
 olf ha threw it at tuaia ntiu tiio lir'^t exploaioi: oocurred in 
 Tetchiciri, out the l^unc*. •..■ore at a safe disjtauce. 
 
 There .^ere t.vo ;erL,aii fioherMo;. tiiero '.vho -.vauted 
 paaaa^io to ■/'raritjel, Aiaoica, aiiu aa ■ciioy Icne'v t^iO route '.;e 
 tool; bhei.. .viUi uo. .'itii a fair '.;ind \;g pacijed ".'ary'.i loiuud 
 and the U.S. Cuatora houae at ?o^„^ Jay. After Ivju.-in,' there 
 •,ve lost our course aijou^ the I„lai.di.i awu. '.ent to the r.ead 
 of ?ool'u ''Jhaii:;el, our iyriuai. juidea not havin^^ ti..c ;;'.i0'.,le»L;e 
 v.hiCi. tiiey had j^'rof e.^jsed ; out aftor a tliae •, e ..-eaci^ed '/ruu^el 
 at the mouth of the Stiiieen lUver. I'hiii wao the seoport of 
 the -Jease laiiiero, a point ;JoO mileG inla.iiu i;i ^.-.C. It ':iaa 
 alao tlie ritoppin.-i.'lace for ti.e hloudyke :uju Yukoi. staucedersi 
 Mho .vent over tiie ".''ealin Trail. A lot of poodle '.ere liere 
 '.vith hor£;e;3, mules an>-i .^oat^s to haul tueir , gou3 over the 
 trail to Teslin Lake. In the v/iiiter it vvais loO milen up the 
 otiiceen River to ''''eleijraph Greek ana luG miles ti.rou,li the 
 hillo to Teulin Lake, .)rje of the headwaters of the fukou. 
 Thia vvae to oe the all-Canadian route. A railroad \;an to 
 be ouilt by IJohenzie ana Liiim, fron Tele^^raph Creok to the 
 Lake from v/hic a line of atern-w'heel stea:.ier3 -..oulu run to 
 
 Dav/son. oome Victoria people had sent Gaptaina I'cDonald and 
 
 oivtfit , - o- 
 
 York v/ith machinery ana a amall savanill to ouila tx;e firnt 
 
 steamer on ':'eulin Lake, =ind the:/ ^-sre to haul the machinery 
 over the trail in the winter '.ith i^ixteeii mules and aoiae In- 
 dian dOt; teams. The l^.G. ^o^ernment had sent ir; Purveyors to 
 lay out two townsitea, one at the head of the lake and the 
 other part down the lake at I.'.oriey Bay, 'vhere the line diviaes 
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t.o Tele.raph Creel:, -Mid tiie Indiar.o ',/ere loaditv their 
 cnnooa. oome tried to _o up in ^uiail .'Oatj, imt not i-eiUo 
 ')sed to jwift '-vatar they cai.JO uack ana v,Qut by \i^j of okaL'-'aj' • 
 Thsro v/a~ ..Teat ex.2itenjiit , even tiio luuiun -oraaii .vauted to 
 
 l"0 in vati. the -.vliite uien, anu otia oi' theiu cornured i.c on the 
 
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 iitreet and .vauted to take hei' -..ith mei oo ..ul -jj ;1w ,_Gt ..;omc 
 
 ;jolu. Jhc wa;.; uo oer^iutent tuat I told her I iiad three 
 
 ivea and jixteev children coiin^^i up oi: the rie^>t ..oat and 
 :30 coMla not taka her. I'ei'e we --ot reportri that there v/a3 
 no food in Jmt^ow :aid paoile '.vould l-iave to come out. .jteu.'.".- 
 erc '..-ere uinj by loaded v/itli people for Sl-:aij\/a./ and a party 
 offered ua ,?iiOO to tajic tv.o tuna of their outfit to 'I'eiecrajjh 
 Creek i'' our uoat. /e decia j. to , o in over t..e Tesliu Laho 
 '"■►'ail, .'Jo "'0 loaded their stuff in our uoat -,;ith !-;ov.ie orov- 
 isio'.ij of our o,.n , eiiough to lai^jt is to Tele.raph Creek. 
 ".'e hoiir-ted sail ana run out -litu a bi^_ v.ind tViirtj ;.-:iles up 
 the ri-zer ana from there aa it v;aa ^-iettin,_, awift v:e tuok the 
 tov/-liv:e. 7e liad not ^.one far •.7iifc:"i ',;e met a boat co-dnjj 
 do\;n ..'ith u sxiip-wrecked man., v.'ho saia th;;t he ana his 
 partnorn were ,:oirn' uy the river with their outfit, and when 
 cro3'.:in/ the river at a point v/here t]ie v;at-3r r.an swiftly 
 the boat sv.nmj round and otruck ? deadhead or v-,v.u;\. The 
 ooat s'.vauiped, he lo.5t hia outfit, hia partner vai dro-,,ned; 
 but he had hun,.; to the ana,;; till thio i)oat corain,; dov.'n the 
 river picliei him up. Our rouud-nottom ooat v/a^j a hard 
 
 dra^,'. Tibtaits and Grata were of little ,.:ood, but Albe^:"t 
 1raff and I did the ■..•ork. '.Te i-ot up 100 iniles v^hen the 
 •;/eatlier tur.ied colaer and :ilusn ice be.jnn to run, 30 v/e 
 piled the stuff on the shore -.md pitched our tent. '.'e ar- 
 rant,:ed that Tibbito and Grata should ta*-a tha boat i;aGk to 
 '.7ran^:el and ;jexl it and come up on the ice 'v/hai] it v/as fro:2en, 
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 t.i.al v/a iiud nth ua . A;.' I jav; tiu uo-.A ,,u round tiia Tiret 
 turn I I old Albert tlia; tLut v/n.j tiie laat v/8 •••ould ;;eo of 
 tiiei.i or the- i'O^t. 7e knev/ it '.vovild ue n loii^ lime frooiin^; 
 Ujj hard or.ou 1; I'or Uo to haul on tlio river, jo wo ijuilt a 
 lo ciii'iii •iiiu cut y;j corda ox" .vooa for txitj ui^ rusi* of otea:..ora 
 that v.'oi'la corns 'ip in the .iiirin,.;. 
 
 After it fro^e -luf I'lcioutly ';e ha'.iled tlie stuff in 
 relays to ' eJe..raoh Creek. T:>erc v/era hui;uredii of iioi. ho -..-er.t 
 over tiie .:eyeral rouL'aj to the Yulcor, in ninei.^ -ei,.ht t-ot liad 
 no 3/. ^jerience nua kne-.v notiiin, of this Viiiu Oi life. 1'ixvy 
 v/ero droivned, noma fro^e, sone dioi of ucurvy. 7e rai; the 
 outfit u^. to ':'ele,jr-dph Creoii arm jot ^..a ■j200 (the hardest 
 inoiiej I ever eirr.ed). There ./ere two traaii:^^ ^tareo for 
 Hi, hl'^.'.d' tj Biid Colbrath'ii. '.'hey had pack traina -.Vi.ic': car- 
 ri-^d frei;,^ii. to "Jease Luke ttu tuQ ola Deaoe di^^_,injs. A 
 nurlor of ::;eti •.vere v/aiti'^,, tu ,.o over tha 7e.:iin '.''^vil in 
 tlie Ji>rir,L , tiie njout coiiapicuoud fi^'ure oein^ Hector '.'cLaine, a 
 tall, la'iky halfbreed. He v/ore a cartrid:je teit around his 
 ■vaitite ".rid D forty-four Colt.-; revolver on hit, hip, 0.110. he 
 tried V.in luck on '^cFnorijon, a v.'ood-chopper froi;. uj.;:j the 
 river. Jr. CarLyle took ",.i uo to aee hiiu aiiu ./e foui'd yiitn 
 lyi'i^: on th2 floor in hi^ cauin -./ith a Jud .jaah in hia neck, 
 the rnai:; artery, -hile laia -are, . u3 not cut. Dr. Car^-yle 
 .vaa f2-o.'H Philadelphia auu ne plctyed thy part of the ^jood 
 Samaritan, ho ioctored tlie uiok, patched uj) the vour.ded and 
 CM.t tuesj off froj;en feet. 
 
 Ali-ert ai-d I v;ere an^Alouj to ,jo on, jo v/e oold our 
 cordv.'ood on the JtiCxveen, hou.rht l^OC pouriuo of provisions and 
 two hand sltl^lis and atarted on the Tei^iin ""Jrail. 7he., \/e 
 carne to the 7.altan, a ;:i..ull stream Wixici. cut throU(_,h a hi(j;h 
 bench, -.ve Met tv;o oorry lookirj;; aien, o\je Alex lir.pihart, n.nd tiie 
 other -i mail oy the name of i^ocne, who c^aii;.ed tu i;e a descend- 
 
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 ant of Daniel 3oo.'.e. Ur inhart had hio fro^e;: toes cut off 
 by Di'. Carlyle, aua .'.oona 7/aL-3 rUiitured on botii oides and tLey 
 vere ];ob'olin; aronnu. their tsnt tryin^; to >eG.. v/arm. "'e 
 hauled their outfit to the op^iosite "oanh of the Taltan, to -ive 
 the;-.. 3. atart. "hsy /ere ^■•o'.:.. ;,.lucky pjiu said they •;, onld 
 
 reach ''e-lii' .jofoi''e iprinj^ oi- die i.i the atterjpt. '3oO'ie 
 • '.ev-";!- reached VeijiiM. He ...ied at Lon,^ Lake ■xi.d "ibs buried 
 there, 
 
 'Ye pui3JUi on to C O',; he t a i e "lovuitain. ':he trail ':iaH 
 \'erj utee^ i.. I'lace^, aVid v.'e had to out ;;t3_y.j to pull up 100 
 pounds each. '.Then \;e reacned the toi: './e -.vera £o ir;ile3 from 
 'reie.jraph Creek. The o/.tfit ./it., the i..achiriory for the steai:!- 
 uoat and savz-oiill v/at; i;^ ;::ile;3 aiiead. .lorae of the i.ien hne,v 
 ip.e ana Ga^/t. ■cDon-ju.u cairio i-ack wit:, hio do, teau. to -^^leat a.;. 
 lie flaiiled ul to leave our provi-jious on tho tj_ of ti^e mountain 
 anu l.e .lO'.'la seud it to the T^ke i^y Inaiuii do._, tea:.!^. He 
 vvaiitej. '1'^ to v.-oriv. for him, he rtf*..itQdt--*a-td --JtiJ-ti-*^>*i'-kiH!i, • akiut^; 
 a trail ahead of hio outfit a^.u -je agreed. '?his arran,;e;iieiit 
 was a ,'reat rexief to us. "le vjent to -..i^ere t:.c outfit --/ay 
 ca.r.ped. '"hinjo looked ';lue there as food for the rnuler; -.vds 
 ■ettiii, low -jn.oc the^' v.ere very lean. 'e ■..•orl>.eu the outfit 
 
 acrosa the ''-alir.e iiver, a L'rancl-ie of t^.e Tacki'J. It looked 
 as if the Outfit v/o-.-.la not reach ':e.;xin Lake b-jfore the Trail 
 ;.roke up in the ^,-rin, . Capt. ' cJor,;ila v/ent uac^. to Tele- 
 ;r;rapVi Creek and hired oil the Indian do^, teana he coula ret, 
 .7e killed ti^e .--ules for uo, feed. he sent a nuir/oer of u;; with 
 foir lo teai..o of ^.-rovioioub to put i;. the foundation for the 
 Bav/inili at the 'ake , "here was nobou:/ tuere e.^ce^jt or.e old 
 India;- v;oiiian, one ,'uite Man 'j-- t'..o Inaiaus. 'Te . ot the will 
 read^' for ti.e circular aa'v -nd :.;uall i'Oiler. le lived on 
 fioh oa:.n^ht tl.roueii. the ice -..hiCi. v.aj then 3^ feet thick, 
 
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 v/e }iad .;ome flour anu the Indiana ..roaht us mooue ^eat. 
 2o^, teaiua ue, an to arrive ■.■itr. tiie .:aciii:-ery in cliarre of 
 .^arry Chapioan, a machinist anu e>\ iueer, af ter.vard.,; •./ell- 
 know., iu the Yukor: ana at -.late Ilorije. 'nu. hirn vms Jiinniy 
 Jordon, later Junerip.teiide.-t of eirlneers or. the Yukon. 
 Son:e jart^ ;-^u ..ce,: lobt on the trpil tut ..e :aade dupli- 
 catej. .en nulUn^ iiandolei; h.a L;e,:a:i to arrive from Tele- 
 graph Creek ana v/e ,:-ot news of the terrible rnuraer on the 
 otickeen lUver. A inan killed tv/o men, took their outfit 
 and cai;ie in on tne Tus^in Yrail. Police vere aent from 
 'ietoria, •:nid he -.vaa arre^jted anu ta^en to \^ancouver" and 
 hun^. e Goald jet no nev/G auout Dawoon or the bi; rash 
 
 that ..ent :;y v;3y of Skai_;.vay and 'kite Yorse. At the end 
 of April ca:.ie v/ar:n days and frosty ni,.ht;i. Th^jre vere 
 people alon,_ the Yrail from '.'elegraph to '•'eciin, anu n num- 
 ber of .^Qr30):o put the remnantc o. the.r providiona on 
 •ilex hs, hoiuted oail auu uent Jowu ori the ice to the foot 
 of the Lalie, 10 v -.lileo. "here tney i;uilt i^oatc and rafta 
 auu v/e. it uo-.vn the Kootalin pm '{iver tu Dav/rjon. oorne v/ere 
 -it Lon^, Lake .vi.ere they built Ijoats ana caiue down tlie little 
 "^erjlin Hiver to ?ejiin, after the ice v.'ent cut. The li.::ay 
 Co. v/a'j uuiluiut, a lar :e lo^ builain^j or. the ne-,/ to-.vniite. 
 jood waa ^jcarce and Jv/itser started a rest.-iaraiit on five tins 
 ■.if salmon, 10 pounda of ueans and a olab of rusty uacon. 
 r.o provisions coula arrive oi; the Lake until the pack train 
 CHue in after tiie 3nov; v.-ent off. •■divers are clear of ice 
 16 to 20 dayb b-fore the lax.Ci are. I.IaJor V/alsh arrived 
 at ti^e Lake v.itii a bunch of .iolaiors, oeveral of whom 1 had 
 known on the ooaat. :'.ill Jmith ■.vho -.vac there •, ith liis 
 youn.^er >;rother v/as after.vardu dro'wned in the Ylona^ke Tliver, 
 opi.'OLiite Jawoon, -vhile tryin^ to Liavj a man from drov/ninc. 
 The ice i. roke up on the "'.iver:. ;uiu the end of 
 
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 ono.v on '.no '"'ei.iiii '■roil ;.;ut ai: 2nd to GOi.i.auiicHtio:. by 
 haudrjlei^h. J^oat.- ■.&,:■:•.. to arrive from Loii^^ Lake, the 
 little ;3av.'!.;ill .vat; ontti.i_: lic.oer, aud thcj oliip cai^enters 
 ■.,ei'G viuilaiiv tiiC i-tea;nboat. Jim Thomv'bOt;, an olu friend 
 of Mine, .vei/c to tLe 'reciin :iiver ■..•itii .vl -ert :raff and I 
 :5uu cut and jlciudeu i-orta^e,,. oy the I''-->.llu. "hai^e ".;ere ot 
 M-iUy aociae'its fiiuon^. tiio j:..all ooats couiini_^ fro:n Loni_, Lake 
 tnoM^^a several perjorjo lOot tii.eir ovitfita. ■.^.■erJ t^tiin ; v/as 
 at a staiiJolill -.'ait it;,; for tl^-i jack-horijeu fron Teie^;raph 
 Creek. Ti.ile -/a.'' tin^j tkore .nLjert .'a.Lt I ..'•.iiit over to tj:e 
 Jen.iin^ :: jiiver or; a prospect in, ; trin. Iniaii fireu .vere 
 ^■unrin,; ir. -3 11 direct iun.j, the flies -vere t^ack, ai^^ the 
 water ].i h in the c--'eekj. !e fouviu joi.-e fine ,^3ld on 
 
 the surface, bnt noti.ir'.^, of i.n.")orta..ce . .'s -..-o ,jot .;ack to 
 the LalvC, everytiiin_; .,a:j flonriohin^- aUv^ the ijuck train had 
 arrive-L v.iLxj. iiupL-'lies for tiiC t->/o jtoreo. The Jtea...er 
 Hn_ lean v/ao fini.L.i:ea anu Capt. cDonala took uy out for an 
 ex C'^ 1 r ; ; io r^ o n the r.aice . 
 
 Albert and I ouilt a pollin.__ ;.-oat for the trip to 
 the Ynkon and our li;00 poundii of ^rovi^ions c-jiie in or. the 
 pack trai!]. "i.e ijteauie:' dei-.art°.J. ..ith part of the soluiers 
 "or Selkirk intenai. ., 'o ret.jrn for tiie re:.;ainaer. '"he 
 }Ii>otaIin ;U;i "uver v/as so lo\. ti..at a^.e coiilu not navigate 
 it, oO the coldierj neiit dov/n on raftij :jnd ;jmall i.'Oats, 
 41bert -.^iU I lo-\ded our pro vi jior^tj into our ..oat for the 
 Journey to "J aw u on.. 50 railes down taere in a I'lool: of 'noiuitains 
 cloae to the ].ake and three peaks can be .seen f roir. t]-.ere . 
 ■^hey are cnlled the tnree Aoe-^, .'hen •..•e reae^-ed the foot 
 of the lake 've caia^ ed t^iere for the ni^;ht , '."'he -..ater \.aR 
 full of larp:e trout. Albert and T caujjit In in a ver^ few 
 minute'j, v.-eit^hin^. fro;,. 10 to :J^; pounds each. "here iu a 
 
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 otro'!,,, current to tne ii.outii -ViiQrG it jomii the '"r.irty ".'ilo 
 River coi.un^- frOM La'-iar, e Lake. :.!auy thousana peri-ons 
 CHine in duriiv "he v/ inter and bx^ri-J^ and ./ere c.ui.::>ed liere. 
 S'.;iall ooa,t]a aiiu wCOWB v/ere GO-'/i.-i;., from Lake .eui.ett loaded 
 v/ith nrovi.-ionj, on their v.'ay to Dav;son. As v/e li^nued on 
 the "le.ot bai.l: -./hers ti.e -o v/ere -^ nuni.er of ter.t.:, I ;jav one 
 tiiat hyd a bi,: cache of .jrovi^ions ii. front. Jorae oi' the 
 "boxes v/ere marked ?redo'Hctot: , " e\'/ ]-'.runKv/ick. A man came 
 out or tx.'c tent and I asxced "nii;, if tkiij outfit cai e from 
 ?redarictun. 'fe jaia ti.ere v/erc! rjijit in U.o yartj r,nu he 
 told me ;.ixeir nai.iSu. "e had a lon^ nonversatiou a;..ut ny 
 hov.L- to...;, -nu ti.o j.oOplo I had kno..n in • y youn,_; days. 
 This niau waa eor,,;e ;!-lack, afterv/ardc lav/yer in ]Jav/80n, then 
 Oovevi.or of the Yukon, a Caijtain ii. the .'ar, auu nov/ a rneia- 
 ber of ?ariiai.ient froin ti.e Yukon. 
 
 ■:'e floated doun to vhers the creeka ;ind rivers 
 emptied into the Yukon. 'h.er^ v/era a fe\/ te..ts there but 
 the me., 'neve out pro&jectin^- on the creekn. ".'e heard -x lot 
 of tal.. rc'Out the v/at-^r at Yive v'injer :<ai>ido, -nd the beats 
 th::t eccomi>anied ua avjked Uo to take tiie lead, yo \:e v;ent 
 through the ri>t hon.d chai.nel. :^liere v/a^ a omall roll and 
 a few curlin.; £;v/ell3. In my lumucroack iayn I had ridden 
 over rapius ru'.d fallb ti.at -/ould put this place to sharae . 
 'Ve landed at belkirk o.ipojite tx.e -.outi. of the Bi^ Pelly 
 Kiver. dome lO:; buildint,:^ v;ere co'^'^'^G i-iP P"*^ "^-- solaiers 
 vho had cOi.ie in ^ ere buildinj 10f_ barrsckc. Yhe --oplo at 
 Selkirk ..ere in hopes that the Pelly River and its tribu- 
 taries v;ould produce millions iii ,,;olu ndicn tney v/ere proa- 
 nected. Je passed the raoutu of '.Thite River .uAci. ./as throw- 
 int: O'lt v.ater lue color of milk. '.■v;elve miles belo\' v;e 
 lauded en dplit-IJo Inland at the i^out.. oi the dtevvart River 
 7„ uile£ a.ove Dawson. A lar^e num-er v;ere ca....ed here in 
 
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 tentB, ." i.u or. a ooric}-. '.ve pitched oi;r tent. Diacovory 
 had leen ude on tlie Dlack Hill Creek ana peop'le wero Lt&k- 
 iri^ claiirc there. Jcowr; loaded v.'itii }it*y p.nd ...rain nna 
 livP^:''och ■•.■ere oi: their v/s).y to Dav;aon fron; 2Laice 'ennett. 
 Tlere ve jot newfj from the thouaotids that cair.e over the ?>yea 
 Trail oi the ahootinj of Joapy ..^iiiitri ;-t .;kajv;ay, ti.e hilling 
 of !:iany peoiile i'."i tlie ui,^- ;3i;ov. ulide , cinu the v/recks oi; the 
 ..'hdte r.oroe ro.pid, at^d on Thirty I'ile ]Uver. I'eople v;ere 
 coi.iii ^, iiv froi:: Da^.vcoi: aiai."UBted and di.bcoura__ ed -with the 
 Country. 
 
 Gplil--!'^ liiland jol ita nai-.e in t^.ia \'!ixy . Ilany 
 oartiti.j thi.i ciu.e in over the Dyea Trail -'.'onlu vu-j their 
 outfit:.., huild their ..-oat;j on Bennett L.nke, and hy tho time 
 th.ey }:ad reached tiiia i.= lan,d they had (.ot into aitjpiiteK with 
 each oilier. '"hey landed :■ ere and nplit ir. , 'jav/in^. their 
 hOL^ts in huif and tearing., uj their tentc.